September 2011
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Libya: If democracy is the keyword used to justify the destruction of human lives and property, then God help us all!
The question now remains: does a post-Gaddafi Libya hope to become a land of milk and honey? Believe me, that would be a very tall order because actually, whether you like Gaddafi or not, Libya, by all appreciable standards, had the highest standard of living in Africa, under Gaddafi. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 14-15 September 2011
15 September 2011 — williambowles.info 15 September 2011 NATO’s client regime in Libya confronts divisions as military offensives stall World Socialist Web Site Today at 14:07 The fragility of the new regime in Tripoli was underscored by its announcement yesterday that it would remain in Benghazi until after the seizure of the remaining pro-Gaddafi strongholds. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 15 September 2011
15 September 2011 — williambowles.info Ethiopian journalist named in WikiLeaks flees country AFP ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian journalist identified in a diplomatic cable released last month by WikiLeaks has fled after being questioned by authorities, a media rights watchdog said Thursday. Argaw Ashine was questioned last week by government … http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPUU1ouLkRUZJg6xEXLd2CGD9k7g?docId=CNG.c3d28c9ce20f22f00e7bae9c0b328b07.11 Continue reading
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Independence for England? By Craig Murray
The Osborne theory – that public sector employment ‘crowds out’ private sector employment, and cutting public sector jobs will somehow automatically increase the production of private sector jobs – appears, in this large scale example in the actual UK economy – the opposite of the truth. Cutting public sector jobs cuts private sector jobs too.… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 13-15 September 2011
15 September 2011 — williambowles.info EU sanctions on Syria oil and gas industry come with loopholes Los Angeles Times (AFP/Getty Images) By Paul Richter and Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times The European Union, which buys 90% of Syria’s oil exports, has slapped sanctions on the nation’s oil and gas industry, but loopholes allow European energy Continue reading
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Britain: The Health and Social Care Bill and the Negation of Democracy By Colin Leys
In voting, in the British House of Commons, for the third reading of Andrew Lansley’s Health and Social Care Bill last week MPs voted to replace the National Health Service (NHS) as a public service with a system of competing businesses – foundation trusts, social enterprises and for-profit corporations. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio 14 September 2011: Fauntroy's Libya Massacres Story: No Time for Teasing
Rev. Walter Fauntroy has so far failed to follow up on his abbreviated tale of witnessing European special forces troops on an orgy of massacres and beheadings in Libya. The former DC congressional delegate’s story loses credibility with each day that he withholds further information. Continue reading
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Libya: Libyan Resistance: Summary, 14. 09. 2011, English, Dr. Moussa Ibrahim
14 September 2011 — Youtube Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter September 14, 2011: Col Gaddafi 'in Libya and readying forces'
14 September 2011 — Information Clearing House Israel is Paying For War On Gaza By Gideon Levy During Hanukkah 2008, Israel attacked Gaza in Operation Cast Lead. Now it is eating the bitter fruit of that operation, which was the turning point in the attitude of the world and the region toward Israel and its Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 15, 2011
15 September 2011 — Stop NATO Canada To Extend Libya War Mission To End Of Year NATO Moving Missile Shield Into Black Sea, Asiatic Turkey Boeing To Double Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Interceptor Missile Production U.S., NATO Allies Ready To Test MEADS Interceptor System AFRICOM Commander Wants ‘More Special Operation Forces Now’ Continue reading
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Gilad Atzmon: Being in Time
A talk given at the ‘Palestine, Israel, Germany- The Boundaries of Open Discussion Conference’, Freiburg 11th September 2011 Continue reading
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New York Times Reports On Libya Ethnic Cleansing of Black People Months Later
More than two months after The Wall Street Journal wrote about what amounted to ethnic cleansing of Black people in Misurata, The New York Times in today’s edition finally writes another piece about the racist attacks against Black people by the NATO-backed “rebels” from Benghazi, now installed in power. The article appears under the sanitized… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 September, 2011: Israel demolishes West Bank water infrastructure
13 September 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Sheikh Salah To Sue UK Over Arrest, Deportation Order IMEMC – Wednesday September 14, 2011 – 01:22, Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, decided after consulting his team of layers, to file a lawsuit against the British Authorities Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 13 September, 2011: 6 Big Lies About The Economy
13 September, 2011 — Information Clearing House And Hate Begat Hate By Ahmed Rashid The wave of anti-Americanism is rising in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, even among many who once admired the United States, and the short reason for that is plain. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29120.htm Continue reading
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US backing for Arab Spring bearing ‘strange fruit’ — RT
Under the umbrella of Arab revolutions, Washington is also beating the drums of regime-change in Syria, Iran’s closest ally in the region. Violence within the country has been widely condemned with countries like Russia and China calling for both sides in Syria to talk and end the bloodshed. However, America is blaming Assad alone. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 14, 2011
14 September 2011 — Stop NATO Africa’s Shame: NATO-Serving Uncle Toms Canadian Firms, NATO Allies Reap Fruit Of Libyan Bombardment South Africa To Host African Union Meeting On Libya U.S. Envoy Not Pleased With Brazil, India, South Africa On UNSC U.S. Missiles, Hundreds More Troops Slated For Romania Poland: U.S. Air Force In Exercise As Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 13 September 2011
13 September 2011 — williambowles.info Key figures in post-Gaddafi Libya BBC News Col Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya for 42 years, and allowed no opposition to his rule. After the collapse of his regime, several organisations and individuals have come to the fore, jockeying for position to fill the power vacuum. … http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14896059 Continue reading
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The imperialist rape of Libya By John Pilger
The Observer, which has yet to apologise for its catastrophic promotion of Iraq’s non-existent weapons of mass destruction, is in thrall to the ‘honourable intervention’ of Sarkozy and Cameron and their ‘humanitarian and emotional’ motives. Continue reading
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Libya, the Lie By Murray Dobbin
When the U.S. invaded Iraq riding a pack of lies and monstrous manipulation, the entire U.S. elite, including major news services, academics, and politicians from both ‘sides’ of the spectrum, lined up to cheerlead and off they went to war. It was one of the most shameful chapters in the long history of shameful acts… Continue reading
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What Lies Ahead for Libya By Prof. Johan Galtung
According to NATO, the final chapter of Gaddafi’s Libya is being written now. The scenario is very similar to the final chapter for Yugoslavia -Milosevic- for Afghanistan -Mullah Omar- Iraq -Saddam Hussein- and for the ‘War on Terror’ -bin Laden: eliminate The Bad Guy. In the future chapters of this neo-crusade, orthodox Christians will also… Continue reading
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